Credit where credit's due

The Newspaper Society's weekly newsletter arrived in our inbox this morning with an item about the local media fighting for open justice.

"Media commentator Roy Greenslade has highlighted recent instances in which local media journalists reporting on cases in criminal courts have used the updated guidelines on reporting restrictions," it read.

The piece was a reference to two stories in which London weeklies successfully argued against the imposition of Section 39 Orders under the Children and Young Persons Act which would have prevented newspapers from identifying the perpetrators of crime.

As Roy himself acknowledged in his blogpost, it was in fact HTFP which orginally "highlighted" both of these tales.

Not-so-hot news from Cambridge

The weekly email bulletin from the Newspaper Society provides an invaluable guide to what our leading regional press industry body is up to, and as such is a regular source of stories for HTFP and other media publications.

But just occasionally, the voice of Britain's local media has been found to be a little off the pace.

This morning's bulletin contained a report on the opening of Iliffe News and Media's new(ish) £9.5m printing facility near Cambridge by Prince Edward.

Sorry to say, but this was carried on HoldtheFrontPage not one, not two, but a full three months ago!